Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-22

- Ma@eK 4&&Es @EEM@Ms TRIED
H 6ux MmraeR and Axauafsea
| Yesterday msxnlEa tha Ecsr-ExxxLxE-
azsozn annoazssa the fses shas O eorRs
q Iarasi and O. u. Thosadyke and wifs.
ef Baker Gay. OEeasn. wsss IN fhs sity.
AAE. Israsi i Al attoEnas Of COED stand
tag e. the bar. and 81 ems tine enjoyed
3 iasTasiws psaasfss 81 Oaympaa. He
/ s8terBafdn mosed 90 Baker CIey, Ora
Rsns where be huilk 40 large b1sfness.
aad where 3 f1w monEha $50 ha fanad II
neeeasary b take tbs IFS Of 4 sell0w-
sDans In order 70 save his 0wu. A. NJ.
Israel . heFa, and A. he has 1any warm
ffIends On Tie Sound. We will les him
eel bis own story raE4rdinR that most
u1f0ftunats aA4if. In speaking of this
EuattsE 30 q RoaT- IMTRkxaewNrKR r.
porter, MF. FsTmeg saiti.
In September, 1856. 4 nsan named
Samss kahsy eame 30 my offs 10 en-
| pioT me 10 defend him against the fore.
closure at . 5000 mar gags drawu in
favor Of Mr.. T. d. HiEandaF fhalf broth
90 Of tbs deeeased1. Iacsepasd shs san-
ptoymens, ard durInR the proceeding
kahsy was arrested for misdameanoE,
azd 10 sass HiIazdeE from getting pes
session Of the propaFtE % which tbs |
mortgage wsss he made me sn absolute
conveyanse OF ne property In question
taaa ! might take pe8seBsion thereof. |
wnaoh did Afterwards HilandeF and |
made An agreement that. provided
kahey was willing, I wonld deed the |
property to John d ,0ley, Who vas 10
pay the faes Of the mortgage and remain
n possession Of the property for two
years, and a. tue expiration Of hat time
20 allow kahey 20 redeem IT, The ar
ranRement did not salt Fahey, and be |
refused 81 enter into IL. AZ was after
ward discovered. the reai party at inter |
est vas not HiIandeF, bat his half
brother. r. ID. Coha. Upon Ooha being
informed Of my refusal 10 make deed |
20 Dooiey, be .ent 70 q gun store In |
Baker City 9nd there exhibited a "A |
Smith 4 Wessoa single action pistol. |
and endeasored 20 exchange it FIR q
double aotisn pistol. he then
STARTED OUT TO HUME NE,
Going 10 six different places Of business.
In each Of which be exhibited his
weapons ard declared be would kill me |
on sight. be had previously said be |
would make me sign the deed, or he |
would kill me. AZ half past 8 o'clock |
OF Deosmbsr 3lst, which vas tbs day of |
the dlfhSaity, O0hn found me Ia the |
commission house Of O. NJ. Tnorndyke |
Il Co. He called me ont on the sidewalk |
and there, after q Conversation relative
to she matter, which was the first init |
nation to me that be bad an interest Ia |
the mortgage. he offered me $50 il I |
would sign the deed, irrespective Of |
kahey's wishes. Upon nv refusal to do /
80, be drew his single action pistol and |
attempted 10 shoot me. wss uuarned |
and ran block aud half TO get out Of |
bis way, Tse noiss Of my running as |
tFacted ThoFndyke, who came cut and |
there discovered shn, pistol ia hand. |
fhoFndyke asked hrm whe IL vas that I
run, and be replied: "Esrael. aud II be |
had not run would have killed him.
TIL FIND HIA YEE AND KILL HIM,
before go to bed.D Cohen then started
down the street in the direction had |
run, E7orndyke following. At the first |
oF0es street Thorndyke left Cohen, and |
ran down q side street in order to get |
down town before be did, for the pur- |
pose OF Informing me that Cohen was /
coming to Kill me. In the meantime |
geDs ts {. Hardy q Co.'s wholesale |
house. and aEmsd myself. As | stepped /
out Of tbs store on the street [ met /
Thorndyke running. He stopped aud /
exclaimed: Israel, are you armsdG |
Cohen is coming. pistol in hsnd, to kill |
you y During this hasty conversation /
Cohen came up. Thoendyke saw him /
irse, and io@piBg into tie street
shouted.
''m1 GOD. rHKax NE rs now I.
drew my pistol, at the sane time
crying out: drop your pistol or will |
sho0ts' This exclamation | repeated /
three times. In the meantime Cohn /
oFoushed into the doorway ana raised
his pistol.
EIzED, THE RAIL- Piercing HIS HEART.
He dropped TO abe sidewalk, dying in
stantiy. immediately gave myself 40 20
the Sheriff. A few momeu to after Thorn-
dyke was arrested as accessory be-
fore the fact. The Grand Jury was In
session, and on the following DAY, L
which vas the Ia day OF she session,
without examining single eye witness
TO the affair, tnFouz "a the machfnasion of
certain parties, who we're political
enemies Of Toysegf and Thorndyke, we
we're both indicted for
xUaDER IN THE FIRST pEaRKE
without bail. aud the Court refused rs
preliminary examination. The same
parties who instigated the indictments
then endeavored 10 influence Mr.. Thorn
dyke 10 say thai / did not act In self.
defense, promising him bis liberty IL be
would do 20, bat be Is not thst kind Of
man. He refused and rejected all such
propositions. We were both insar-
oerated for rs days, and until the meet
ing OF she Anuary term Of Court, which
convened on the ffth OF that month, at
.aA 4
was hotly contested, and lasted fourteen
days. The prosecution vas represented
BY not only the District Attorney, bat
BY II. Y. Thompson, OF Portland, and
HYDE 4 Hyde, of Baker City, these
lawyers being employed By Portland
friends OF Cohn.
VIZ wKRR DEFENDED
By ]. O. Osmpbell. Of Stockton, partner
Of ID. 8. Terry, In whose ofiss studied
Law. J. p. Judson, OF Tacoms, my former
Law partner. and BY thirteen Of the local
bar Of Eastern Oregon, ali o. these gen
tlemen refusing to take a dollar for
their services. volunteering 10 come end
defend as. thus placing me under ever
lasting obligations Of gratitude 30 them.
The case vas tried BY Judges leon. Of
Baker CITY. and Byrd. Of The Dalles.
Mr.. A. o. Bowman came all the way
fram Seattle 60 report the case, Offering |
% 10 do without q dsiIar's compepsa
ttos. Ga the clsae Of the trial, whiea
lasted fourteen days, the jaFy on the
hrst ballot stood eleven for not guilty |
and one for mansltuahseF. After being
oaf eighteen hours the Jury returned q
verdict Of not guilty ~ 90 each Of us,
and We we're set at liberty. After eur
long incarceration, We felt like taking q
little recreation, and 90 came over to
the aSo1nd. where We will spend ten
days. and thea return 10 Baker City.
By the way, @. IN. ThoFndyke, who.
accompanied by his wife, 10 here With
me, 10 tbs eldest. son Of Capt ]. <
fhoredyks. Who With Mr.. SaywaFd
founded and built the Pogs Ludlow saw
mills He Vas born in Seattle thirty
one years eco, sud Is here for the 6rst
time "a twenty-nine pears. Tomorrow
ha sill 90 A DsFs Ladies' A sfnsf aha